Summary

Arthur has been sleeping for a thousand years, while Merlin waits for the return of his king... which made for a pretty sad sort of existence until the morning Merlin woke up and found a genie sitting at the bottom of his bed, offering to grant him his dearest wish. But there’s always a catch with magical folk, and if Merlin can’t make Arthur fall in love with him and consummate their union within a week, Merlin will die in Arthur’s place.

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The events of S1 lead Morgana and Arthur back into love with one another. Neither acknowledge their feelings until Morgana is kidnapped by a mysterious woman. What does she want and will Morgana be saved before she gets it?

Summary

And there was this, too, the odd, unparalleled way that Arthur looks after him: he brooks no argument, and never seems to suggest anything but what Merlin finds himself in need of at that moment. Merlin had definitely needed time to adjust to that.

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When Merlin found out about the cheating during what was supposed to be a cheerful holiday gathering, he and the love of his life were over. Eight years later, nothing of Merlin's former life remains except the memories. Merlin does his best to avoid those, too, until the day his past catches up with him.

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Having Merlin as court sorcerer wasn't going very well at all, considering the king and his former servant were constantly at each other's throats, and Camelot was no closer to being a magically integrated society. When Arthur decides that hosting a Yuletide feast with the druids should solve at least some of his problems, he inadvertently invites the very trouble Merlin had warned him about, driving the sorcerer further away from him than ever—possibly for good.